After returning from the timeout, the Lakers' offense did not weaken at all, and the Cavaliers' James also began to exert force.

Although Lin Tian has tried his best to defend James, it is still difficult to completely restrict the opponent.

When James rushed up, the impact was too strong, which made up for his technical shortcomings to a certain extent.

And today the referee's whistle was slightly biased towards the Cavaliers.

As long as Lin Tian reaches out his hand, the referee will blow the whistle.

After the first quarter, Lin Tian had already received two fouls.

These two fouls were called when he was defending James.

The referee's decision naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the fans, and this was at the Lakers' home court.

As a hardcore Lakers fan for decades, Nicholson couldn't stand it at all and scolded the referee.

But his trash talk hardly affects the referee. Every referee in the NBA has a big heart.

After the second quarter started, Lin Tian and James continued to exchange blows.

James' three-point shooting percentage is not high, so most of his offense involves breaking through with the ball or hitting Lin Tian from behind.

Lin Tian has many offensive methods, including breakthroughs, post-ups, fadeaway jumpers, pull-up jumpers, and step-back three-pointers.

His shooting percentage has always remained above 50%, which is really not easy.

After the first half, the Lakers still led by 6 points, and the performances of Lin Tian and James were almost evenly matched.

Of the two of them, one scored 25 points and the other scored 24 points. Even their shooting percentages were similar.

The difference is that Lin Tian was troubled by fouls. He had a total of three fouls in the first half.

And James was just called for a foul.

Lin Tian's three fouls made him understand that he must be more careful in the second half.

When he returned to the locker room, Nick Young kept complaining about the referee: "Damn it! Lin, you get whistled every time you touch LeBron! How are you going to fight like this?"

Howard also murmured: "NBA referees' judgments on scale are as unpredictable as the weather."

Only Kobe stared at Lin Tian solemnly: "Lin! You have three fouls on your body now, LeBron will definitely continue to cause trouble for you! He has played for more than ten years and knows the rules too well, and you are just a

Just a rookie."

Lin Tian nodded solemnly. He also knew James very well. James' golf quotient was at a historical level.

It was strange that they didn't foul themselves in the second half.

After the halftime break, the second half of the game between the two sides also began.

Lin Tian's guess was correct. James continued to beat Lin Tian in singles as soon as he came up.

In the first few games, James would also ask teammates to help with pick-and-rolls.

Today, in order to make Lin Tian foul, he didn't want to pick and roll, he just played singles blindly.

This made Lin Tian very embarrassed.

Players who work hard on defense often commit a lot of fouls because confrontation is unavoidable.

If you don't work hard to defend James, with James's physique, scoring is as easy as picking something out of a bag.

Three minutes into the third quarter, James forced another foul on Lin Tian during a breakthrough.

As a result, Lin Tian's number of fouls reached 4!

This is an extremely dangerous signal for the Lakers.

You know, if the number of fouls committed by a single player reaches 6 times, he will be ejected.

Lin Tian is not only the offensive core of the Lakers, but also the defensive core.

Without him, the Lakers would not be where they are today, or even make the playoffs.

When Scott, who has always been gentle and gentle, saw Lin Tian get his fourth foul, he became furious and jumped up.

Nicholson, who was sitting next to the technical table, was so anxious that his neck was red, but there was nothing he could do.

Because this was a shooting foul, James had two free throw opportunities.

When he walked to the free throw line, he smiled at Lin Tian and said, "Rookie, you still have a long way to go."

Subsequently, James made two free throws.

After James finished the free throw, Scott called a timeout and took Lin Tian off the court early.

There is no other way. In order to avoid Lin Tian getting fouled again, we can only let him rest temporarily and send him up again at the critical moment.

Nance Jr. returned to the court early instead of Lin Tian.

As a result, Tucker changed from the 4th position to the 3rd position, Nance Jr. played the 4th position, and Howard played the 5th position.

The game continued. Without Lin Tian, ​​the Lakers had Kobe controlling the ball.

As soon as Kobe got the ball, Jr. Smith used the toughest defense against him.

For Jr. Smith this season, perimeter defense has become a key iron gate for the Cavaliers.

He guarded Kobe very well, and several other Cavaliers players followed their defenders to prevent Kobe from passing the ball.

When the attack time was about to end, Kobe still had no chance to pass the ball, so he had to pull one out.

Bang!

The power of this ball is a little bit off, and it's broken.

After the Lakers' Irving grabbed the rebound, he quickly advanced in transition and the ball went in.

The Lakers served, Kobe dribbled past the Lakers logo, and then passed the ball to Nick Young.

After Nick Young coolly dribbled the ball against Irving, he ended the attack with a fadeaway jumper.

Bang! This ball is still broken!

This time it was James who grabbed the rebound, and he quickly completed a one-stop attack.

Less than a minute after Lin Tian came off the court, the score was already tied by the Cavaliers. Looking at this, I am afraid that the Cavaliers will soon overtake the score.

Lin Tianru was on pins and needles when he saw the Lakers' predicament.

Howard inside can't get the ball, and players on the outside can't make shots. The Cavaliers seem to have found a way to limit them.

Lin Tian was anxious, and the audience at the scene was also very anxious.

Lin Tian could even hear the discussion coming from the audience behind him.

"Damn! The Lakers rely too much on Lin! As soon as he comes off the court, everyone seems to have no idea how to play!"

"That guy LeBron is so insidious! Did he learn his ability to draw fouls from Harden?"

"Damn it! I don't want to see the Cavaliers even the big score! If they can't win this game tonight, the Lakers will be in big trouble!"

"Scott! Send Lin back to the court quickly! Kobe is used to playing without the ball this season! It's too difficult for him to control the ball!"

While the audience was chatting, the Lakers were intercepted again and the Cavaliers completed another fast break.

As the head coach of the Lakers, Scott was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and kept circling in front of Lin Tian.

He wanted to replace Lin Tian back on the court, but if Lin Tian got fouled again, the consequences would be more serious.

On the court, James was completely in high spirits.

It was difficult for Lin Tian to completely restrain him, let alone PJ Tucker
Chapter completed!